pog

See also: POG, póg, and pòg

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?

Latin patior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Italic *-tjō

Latin -tiō

Latin passiōbor.

Old English passion

Latin passiōbor.

Old French passionbor.

Middle English passioun

English passion

Latin frūctus

Old French fruitbor.

Middle English fruyt

English fruit

English passion fruit

Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?

Latin mālum

Italian mela

Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Persian نارنگbor.

Italian arancio

Italian arancia

Old Italian melaranciacalq.

Old French Orengeinflu.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Occitan auranjainflu.

Old French pomme d'orenge

Old French orenge

Middle French orangebor.

Middle English orenge

English orange

Taíno *wayababor.

Spanish guayababor.

English guava

English POG

English pog

Proto-Italic *kampos

Latin campusbor.

Proto-West Germanic *kamp

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-West Germanic *-jan

Proto-West Germanic *kampijan

Proto-Germanic *-jô

Proto-West Germanic *-jō

Frankish *kampijōbor.

Medieval Latin campiō

Old French champiunbor.

Middle English champioun

English champion

English champ

English pogchamp

English pog

A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG.

An erroneous folk etymology states that pog is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑɡ/, /pɔɡ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒɡ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

pog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Awesome, excellent, remarkable.

   Dude, that was pog!

Interjection

pog

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Used to denote excitement.

   I just got my paycheck for the month. Pog!

Verb

pog (third-person singular simple present pogs, present participle pogging, simple past and past participle pogged)

1. (intransitive, Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.

   He was so excited, he pogged.

   • 2020, Easy Bake: Hard Mode‎^[2], spoken by Jerma985:

     I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw

Noun

pog (plural pogs)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) A phrase that positively compliments something. Ex. praise.

   Pogs in the chat!

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?

Latin patior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Italic *-tjō

Latin -tiō

Latin passiōbor.

Old English passion

Latin passiōbor.

Old French passionbor.

Middle English passioun

English passion

Latin frūctus

Old French fruitbor.

Middle English fruyt

English fruit

English passion fruit

Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?

Latin mālum

Italian mela

Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Persian نارنگbor.

Italian arancio

Italian arancia

Old Italian melaranciacalq.

Old French Orengeinflu.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Occitan auranjainflu.

Old French pomme d'orenge

Old French orenge

Middle French orangebor.

Middle English orenge

English orange

Taíno *wayababor.

Spanish guayababor.

English guava

English POG

English pog

Genericization of the trademark POG. From juice brand POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava). From the POG brand handing out cardboard milk bottle cap liners as playing pieces for milk caps.

Noun

pog (plural pogs)

1. A single piece in the game of milk caps.
   • 1996, Islands Magazine, volume 16, number 2, page 26:

     […] he was giving out “pogs,” and before long every elementary schoolyard on Oahu had a pog champion.

   • 1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things, page 120:

     The basic modern 'Pog' game is played thus. Each child tosses a pog into the arena, face-up or face-down, as agreed. Each player in turn takes his slammer and pitches it hard onto the accumulated pile of pogs.

Synonyms

• milk cap

Derived terms

• poggers
• pogchamp

Anagrams

• GOP, GPO, PGO, gop

Cebuano

Etymology

From juice brand POG.

Noun

pog

1. an individual piece in the game of milk caps

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˧˩̤/

Noun

pog

1. paternal grandmother

References

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)